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regarding the Splendor Solis, I seem to remember somewhere an analysis where it was theorized that the fact there were 22 images in them might be kind of a caricature or inside joke about Tarot cards. Don't have further references right now, and it might be quite a modern analysis that simply takes the counterpart from alchemical interpretations of Tarot.

regarding the Splendor Solis, I seem to remember somewhere an analysis where it was theorized that the fact there were 22 images in them might be kind of a caricature or inside joke about Tarot cards. Don't have further references right now, and it might be quite a modern analysis that simply takes the counterpart from alchemical interpretations of Tarot.

Indeed a possibility, the Germans of the 1520s/30s often showed some sarcastic humor. The text is said to have been originated in Augsburg, the place of the Fugger. If somebody knew, how to become rich, it was Fugger. And he probably knew, that he couldn't make gold and probably also knew, that others couldn't do either, otherwise he would have noted it ... in his role as a super banker, who likely had his nose and ears everywhere.
But probably he knew persons, which claimed, they could do it, and others, who wished money from him, that they could invest in this "golden business". And if he didn't like them, he gave them the money, but demanded high securities.

Ross G. R. Caldwell wrote:The two dice are only rolled in the wheels with 21 results, step 4 of the consultation. This leads to the spheres page that tells you which Astrologer to turn to, and which number on the Astrologer.

Yes, but the spheres are 36 spheres, each with 42 directions (equal 1512) and the astrologers are 72, each with 22 answers: equal 1584!

When a man has a theory // Can’t keep his mind on nothing else (By Ross)